Open Congress : News Articles for S.1547 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Carl Levin: Opening Senate Floor Remarks on the National Defense ...

2007-07-11T20:00:00Z

... National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which was not available when the report on that bill, S. 1547, was filed, be printed in the Record.

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Carl Levin: Senate Floor Statement on the National Defense ...

2007-07-11T20:00:00Z

I am pleased that our bill, S. 1547, was reported to the Senate on a unanimous 25-to-nothing vote of our committee. Additionally, S. 1606, the Dignified ...

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Analysis of Senate Armed Services Committee Action On The Fy 2008

2007-07-09T20:00:00Z

By Chris Hellman and Travis Sharp The Senate Armed Services Committee completed its markup of S. 1547, the FY2008 Defense Authorization bill, on May 25, ...

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Waxman not melting away

2007-06-26T20:00:00Z

Many of Waxman's findings are the subject of numerous bi-partisan legislative proposals (HR 1585 and S. 1547) that would improve the federal contracting ...

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Pork reform: Stick a fork in it

2007-06-25T20:00:00Z

When the Senate Armed Services Committee reported out its different version of the bill, S. 1547, it listed 309 earmarks costing $5.6 billion. ...

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S. 1547 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

2007-06-25T20:00:00Z

S. 1547 would authorize appropriations totaling $629 billion for fiscal year 2008 for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), ...

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Infotech & the law | Legal insights for today's market

2007-06-24T20:00:00Z

... enjoy the broadest support, and there is conceptual support within the Senate Armed Services Committee (see S. 1547) for several of the House reforms. ...

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Senate delays debate on defense budget

2007-06-18T20:00:00Z

... catch up so that a conference committee can be appointed to work out differences. The Senate Armed Services Committee passed its bill, S 1547, on June 13.

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Senate delays debate on defense budget

2007-06-18T20:00:00Z

... catch up so that a conference committee can be appointed to work out differences. The Senate Armed Services Committee passed its bill, S 1547, on June 13.

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Keep Missile Defense on Track in the Senate

2007-06-17T20:00:00Z

by Baker Spring The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 (S. 1547) contains two ...

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US Troop Levels Trouble Senate Panel

2007-06-17T20:00:00Z

The bill, S 1547, approves increases of 20000 soldiers and 4000 Marines in 2008. Both increases appear larger than the Bush administration requested because ...

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Senate Democrats Ready to Renew Battle on War Policy Via Defense Bill

2007-06-12T20:00:00Z

Bush still is likely to veto a bill — probably the fiscal 2008 defense authorization ( S 1547 ) — that carries one or more of the four provisions. ...

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